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faith_n	apostle_n	justify_v	work_n	31,332	5	6.6689	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41057	False prophets, antichrists, deceivers which are in the world, which John prophesied of, which hath long been hid and covered, but now is unmasked in these last dayes with the eternal light which is risen ... ; also a word to the heads and governors of this nation, who have put forth a declaration for the keeping of a day of humiliation for the persecution (as they say) of the poor inhabitants in the valley of Lucerna, Angrona, and others professing the reformed religion which hath been transmitted unto them from their ancestors / by M. Fell ; and also James Milners condemnation upon that which erred from the light.	Fox, Margaret Askew Fell, 1614-1702.; Millner, James.; Millner, Elizabeth.	1655 (1655)	Wing F631; ESTC R36427	18,386	25

your souls for getting money to themselves Oh go not after them for they lead you into the dark and so under the power of the Prince of darkness and from the light which all the Saints of God walks in and so are cleansed from all sin Another Scripture they bring to plead for sin in Rom. 4.5 where the Apostle is speaking of the two Covenants of faith and of works where the Apostle saith To him that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly his faith is counted to him for righteousness and this Scripture they bring to justifie the wicked and ungodly and to uphold the Devils Kingdom of sin to crosse the Scriptures and overthrowe all which Christ and this Apostle and all the Apostles laboured and suffered for David saith the ungodly shall not stand in judgement but the way of the ungodly shall perish And the Apostle saith in 1 Tim. 1.9 the Law is for the ungodly and for sinners and the Apostle saith in Rom. 1.18 For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men Now all people let that of God in your consciences examine and try you how you dare stand in the presence of the living God when that in the time of that which you call your worship your teachers Doctrine is to uphold the Kingdom of sin which whosoever commits is of the Devil And another Scripture they bring in Rev. 8.3 where the Angel that took the golden Scepter offered up the prayers of the Saints And this Scripture they bring to uphold sin and say if they had no sin what need they pray Now let all the children of light who have but the least measure of God behold the abomination of these blasphemers who saith that the Saints were sinners because they prayed and would bring all the Saints of God too under the sin and the transgression and so to be the servants of the Devils as they are Iesus Christ saith he that commits sin is the servant of sin as in Iohn 8.34 and in Rom. 6.16 he saith his Servants ye are to whom ye obey whether of sin unto death or obedience unto righteousness and read the 20. verse and the prayers of the wicked is abomination to the Lord And David saith if I regard iniquity in my heart God will not hear my prayer and yet these deceivers pleads for sin and brings the prayers of the Saints to prove it And here they would make Christ Iesus the only begotten of the Father a sinner who fell on his face and prayed Mat. 26. as you may read 3 several times in that Chapter And again in Mark 14.35 he fell on the ground and prayed and again he went away and prayed and so ye may read that he prayed in severall places of Scripture Iesus Christ who is the everlasting offering and substance of all prayers he offered up prayers to his Father And now ye people of Cartmel come hither and try your teachers Bermelt and Camelford and all ye people of England try your teachers who hath preached to you these scriptures to uphold the Devils Kingdom of sin And let them come and try their God and let the scripture try them what God they serve seeing that they have brought these Scriptures that are before mentioned to uphold the Kingdom of darkness iniquity and sin And do you who are their hearers that goes after them see what ye uphold and what ye can learn of them that are under the power of the Prince of the Aire which rules in the Children of disobedience as their fruits makes them manifest and labours with all their strength to keep you there with them who are blind ignorant people who are led with them blind guides and so both falles into the ditch Therefore a warning to you all as you will answer it before the Lord God of Heaven and Earth from whose presence you can never fly that you turn away from these blasphemers against the truth of God as you your selves may see if ye be not wilfully blind Let the Scripture judge them and try them their fruits makes them manifest to be deceivers and Antichrists and no Ministers of Iesus Christ neither shall you ever learn any thing of them that ever shall be owned of the living God for their portion is curst in the earth as Mal. 2.1.2 And now Oh ye Priests this Commandement is for you if ye will not hear and if ye will not lay it to heart to give glory unto my name saith the Lord of Hosts I will even send a curse upon you and will curse your blessings yea I have cursed them already And the Lord saith cursed be the deceiver as in Mal. 1.14 So all dear people as ye love your souls turn from these cursed deceivers which are of the Generation of Cain where sin lies at their doors and they lie wallowing in it as you may see by their filthiness drunkenness and quarrellings and minde the light of God in your consciences which Christ Iesus hath enlightened you withall which light bears witness and testifies against all such filthy unclean practices as they live in that which checks you for sin and showes your sin and thoughts of your hearts and lets you see how you have spent your time and lets you see that God is pure and cannot behold iniquity to this turn your mindes and to this hearken and be obedient to it and turn away from these Murtherers of your souls as you will answer it before the Lord and remember that ye are warned in your life-time and called to repentance while it is to day which shall be an eternall witness and testimony for God and your eternal condemnation if you disobey it From a friend of your souls and your eternall good Margaret Fell ANd to all you that beat the Servants of God you fulfill Christs words who said They shall beat you in the Synagogues which ye do now in this Generation Mark 13. And Paul was haled out of the Temple and beaten Acts 21. and you now hale out of your Synagogues and that you call your Temples and Christ speaketh in Mark 12. of beating the servants of God and the Apostle was beaten after they were brought before the Chief Priests and Rulers of the people Acts 14.5 And the people and Governors rose up against the Apostles and beat them very sore and cast them into prison these are the Marks by which ye may know what Generation these are of that beats and persecutes the Saints of God and casts into prison and the Apostle saith in 2 Cor. 11. thrice was he beaten with rods and they beat him openly So now the wicked and sloathfull servant appears which beats his fellow-servants who is to be cut asunder whose portion is with the hypocrites and unbelievers Luke 12. such as are drunk and eat and drink with drunkards And Christ said Ye shall be hated of all men for my Names sake

he lacked yet If thou wilt be perfect Sell all that thou hast and give to the poor as in Matth. 19.20 21. And again the Apostle saith We speak wisdome among them that are perfect And when he parted with the brethren he bad them Be perfect Be of good comfort be of one mind 1 Cor. 2.6 2 Cor. 13.10 11. And your Teachers tells you that you must never be perfect but that you must sin as long as you are upon Earth And so they are Ministers of Antichrist and upholders of sin and the Devils Kingdom try them by the Scripture and you shall find them contrary to the doctrine of Christ and of the Apostles and not to have received the gifts which he gave to the Prophets Apostles and Evangelists for the perfecting of the Saints as you may read in Ephes. 4.11 12 13. And the same Apostle went about warning every man in all wisdome that he might present every man perfect in Christ Jesus Now see your Teachers and Leaders if they have not another spirit then that Christ and the Apostles had who makes it their trade to plead for sin and against perfection which all that ever were sent of God prayed and preached for As the Apostle did night and day praying exceedingly that he might see their faces and might perfect all which was lacking in their faith 1 Thess. 3.10 And the Apostle Peter prayed that they might be perfect when they had suffered awhile And the Apostle said who was a Minister of Christ that the Scripture was given forth by Inspiration of God that the man of God might be perfect And here your Teachers are found to be denyers of the Scriptures and so are found to be Ministers of Antichrist and not so much as Ministers of the letter who pleads against it and the ends it was given forth for And they are out of the practice of all that ever taught for God Noah was a Preacher of Righteousness and he was a perfect man Abraham was a friend of God and God said unto him Walk thou before me and be thou perfect and Lot was a just man and the Lord delivered him and Iob was a perfect and a just man and David saith Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace Psal. 37.37 And Solomon saith that the upright shall dwell in the Land and the perfect shall remain in it Prov. 2.21 And again he saith The righteousnesse of the perfect shall direct his way Prov. 11.5 Now all people search the Scriptures and try these deceivers and betrayers of your soules And let them be witnesses against themselves that they teach nor you receive nothing of God from them for what ever is of God in the least measure is perfect the first principle that comes from God is perfect Every perfect gift is from above And the Apostle said As many as be perfect be thus minded Phil. 3.13 And the Apostle saith We are glad when we are weak and ye are strong and this also we wish even also your perfection And again he saith Let us go on to perfection Now see your blind guides whether they be not the Ministers of the Mystery of Iniquity and under the dark powet who pleads for sin and against perfection which all that ever were sent of God preached for and prayed for and laboured for for the perfecting of the Saints and for the perfecting of holinesse in the fear of the Lord 2 Cor. 7.1 Eph. 4.12 Given forth for the good of poor deceived people by the Spirit of God as the Scriptures was by the Holy men of God who spoke them forth as they were moved by the Holy Ghost TO all you who look outward to your Teachers without you blind guides which plead for sin contrary to the Scriptures and the Apostles and all the holy men of God Who were sent of God were sent to reprove sin and to direct their minds unto that which leads out of sin up to God who is pure and cannot behold Iniquity And contrary to this your Teachers brings those Scriptures that were spoken to the wicked and to the world and so keeps you in sin and blindness and thereby maintains the Kingdom of sin as some of them have said Ye must still be sinners and never be perfect nor without sin and for the upholding of this they bring such Scriptures as these where Solomon is speaking of Drunkards Mockers and of the Sluggards and of those that have divers weights and divers measures and he saith to those Who can say I have made my heart clean I am pure from my sin And this they bring to crosse Christ and the Apostles and all the holy men of God who ever taught and laboured and prayed for holiness and perfection and purity And likewise Solomon saith in the same Chapter The just man walketh in his Integrity Now all people try your Teachers by that Chapter and see who it is that Solomon is speaking amongst when he spoke these words and see how grossely you are deceived by them and how they betray and murther your soules Another Scripture they bring in Eccles. 7.20 Solomon speaking of the things he saw in the daies of his vanity and of the just and righteous man that perisheth and of the wicked that prolongeth his life in wickedness and he saith in the 29. verse Loe this onely have I found that God hath made man upright but he hath sought out many Inventions And when he is speaking of these he saith that there is not a just man upon the earth that doth good and sinneth not And this they bring to maintain sin and speak against that which Christ said and the Apostles and all the Holy men of God And the same Solomon saith The labour of the righteous tendeth to life the fruits of the wicked to sin fooles make a mock of sin and sin is a reproach to any people Now try and see whether ye be not bewitched with these Idol Shepherds that prophesies for Baal and makes merchandize of your soules and keeps you under their bondage But Christ is come to redeem you from their mouthes who goes about to devour you Another Scripture they bring in 1 Iohn 1.8 If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us And this Scripture they bring to testifie against Iohns own words in the same Chapter who saith in the next verse if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness and in the sixth verse he saith If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lie and do not the truth but if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin Now dear people see how you are besotted and blinded with these Babylons Merchants which sells